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Educational Program to Improve Heart Failure Outcomes in Adults Living in Rural Areas

NCT00415545 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 614

Last updated 2013-06-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Heart failure patients living in rural areas usually do not have adequate access to formal heart failure management programs. This study will compare two versions of an educational intervention aimed at improving self-care management techniques among individuals with heart failure who are living in rural areas.

Conditions

  • Heart Failure, Congestive

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Fluid Watchers LITE Educational Intervention

Patients in Fluid Watchers LITE will receive counseling about HF and self-monitoring, and coaching on seeking care. They will receive written material, a diary, a scale and a telephone follow-up to answer any questions they might have about the educational session.

BEHAVIORAL

Fluid Watchers PLUS Educational Intervention

Patients in Fluid Watchers PLUS will receive counseling about HF and self-monitoring, and coaching on seeking care. They will receive written materials, a diary, a scale, an audio tape of the session and telephone followup. Participants in the PLUS program will receive additional counseling, audio tapes, and follow-up telephone calls on a biweekly basis, as compared to participants in the LITE program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kathleen A. Dracup, DNSc · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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